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No More Heroes

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{{Game
|title=No More Heroes
|image=[[File:Nmhbox.jpg|300px]]
|developer=Grasshopper Manufacture
|publisher='''Wii''' JP Marvelous Entertainment PAL Rising Star Games NA Ubisoft '''Nintendo Switch''' JP Marvelous EU Rising Star Games NA Xseed Games
|director=[[Goichi Suda]]
|writer=Goichi Suda
|producer=Yoshiro Kimura
|artist=[[Yusuke Kozaki]]
|composer=[[Masafumi Takada]] [[Jun Fukuda]]
|engine=
|platform=Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Switch, Windows
|released='''Wii''' JP December 6, 2007 US January 22, 2008 EU March 14, 2008 AU June 20, 2008 '''Nintendo Switch''' WW October 28, 2020 '''Amazon Luna''' US February 11, 2021 '''Windows''' WW June 9, 2021
|genre=Action
|ratings=CERO: D ESRB: M PEGI: 16+
}}{{Italic title}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is an action game originally designed for the Nintendo Wii, written and directed by [[Goichi Suda]] and developed by [[Grasshopper Manufacture]]. Initially released in Japan for the Nintendo Wii in 2007 with the European and North American versions following in 2008, it is the first game in the ''[[No More Heroes (series)|No More Heroes]]'' series. An altered port for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 entitled ''No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise'' was later released in Japan in 2010, featuring additional content and overhauled graphics, with only the PlayStation 3 port being released worldwide the following year. The original version of the game was later ported to the Nintendo Switch by Engine Software in 2020, and was made available on Amazon Luna and Windows via Steam in 2021.

==Gameplay==
''No More Heroes'''s most prominent gameplay is "hack and slash" action using a [[beam katana]] in which the player character [[Travis Touchdown]] does battle with enemies and bosses. The combat is based around the use of the Wii Remote and Nunchuck; the nunchuck is mostly used for movement while the Wii remote is used for attacks. Almost all attacks (which are divided between strong sword attacks and weak punch attacks) are done using the buttons on the remote; motion controls are only used for wrestling moves which are executed at the end of combos. Killing enemies also gives the player a chance to use the roulette wheel; if three matching icons are gained on the roulette wheel, various effects (mostly special moves) are activated. The beam katana loses charge after a while of combat and must be recharged by shaking the Wii remote vigorously.

Outside of the main action stages (the "ranking fights"), the player can do more leisurely activities around the town of [[Santa Destroy]] or in Travis' room in the [[Motel "NO MORE HEROES"]], such as shopping, training, or finding collectibles hidden around the city. The player also has to take on [[side job]]s or action missions in order to raise enough [[LB dollar]]s to buy their way into the next ranking fight. The game proceeds with this structure, alternating between the over-the-top action stages and the mundane reality of normal life in Santa Destroy.

==Plot==
''No More Heroes'' follows protagonist Travis Touchdown, a misanthropic otaku who lives out of a motel in the town of Santa Destroy, California, who orders the [[Blood Berry]] beam katana off of an online auction. Finding himself out of money to buy video games, he takes on an assassination job to kill the assassin [[Helter-Skelter]], inadvertently entering himself into the rankings of the [[United Assassins Association]] Wanting to make it to the top Travis decides to go after the remaining 10 assassins ranked above him.

Travis fights the 10th ranked assassin [[Death Metal]] an assassin living a luxurious lifestyle Travis refers to as paradise, after killing him, Travis takes his spot in the rankings and is now open to being targeted by other assassins. Realizing he is now forced to continue fighting he ask the UAA representative [[Sylvia Christel]] if she will have sex with him if he reaches the top.

Travis fights the 9th ranked [[Dr. Peace]], a dirty detective followed by the 8th ranked [[Shinobu]], A teenage assassin, Travis cut her arm off but does not kill her, telling Syliva he wants her to come back stronger. Travis then fights the 7th ranked [[Destroyman]],a trickster superhero assassin and the 6th ranked [[Holly Summers]] an experienced assassin, who kills herself after realizing that Travis is unable to kill women. Travis next opponent the 4th ranked [[Letz Shake]] is killed by a mysterious man, [[Henry Cooldown|Henry]] who wields a beam katana and challenges Travis to a fight, which is stopped by Sylvia, telling Travis he is now ranked 5th despite not being the one to kill the opponent.

Travis fights the 4th ranked assassin [[Harvey Moiseiwitsch Volodarrskii]] A famous magician, the 3rd ranked assassin [[Speed Buster]] and the 2nd ranked assassin [[Bad Girl]] before going after the top ranked assassin he is informed by Sylvias mother that the UAA is a con created by Sylvia, despite this she encourages him to still go after the top ranked assassin [[Jeane]]

Upon meeting Jeane, Travis learns she is the one who murdered his parents and that the UAA was created by Sylvia so he could get his revenge. In order to keep the games rating Jeanes backstory is fast-forwaded where she revealed she is Travis's sister and that his father used to sexually abuse her until she eventually became a killer. With help from Shinobu Travis is able to kill Jeane.

In the games true ending Travis is attacked by another assassin who Henry kills before challenging him to another fight. During the fight Henry reveals he is Travis's brother and that Sylvia is his wife,who disappears at times in order to gain money. Travis implies he sleeped with Sylvia before she disappeared causing the two to revel in their similarities, as they continue to fight both looking for the exit known as "Paradise"

==Development==
''No More Heroes'' was inspired by and builds off of the work Suda and Grasshopper had recently done on licensed anime swordfighting games ''[[Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked]]'' and ''[[Blood+ One Night Kiss]]''. Many concepts from those games were reused in ''No More Heroes'' in a more polished form. The Wii console was chosen for the game due to the Wii remote sharing the (phallic) shape of the beam katana, further linking the player and Travis. A single early shot of the game showed that the art style of ''killer7'' and ''Blood+'' was originally going to be used for ''No More Heroes'', but this was eventually changed.

''No More Heroes'' was designed to be the antithesis of ''killer7''. Suda has stated that while ''killer7'' focused on political issues, ''No More Heroes'' was made to focus on social issues in contrast. ''No More Heroes'' also started its development while parts of ''[[The 25th Ward: The Silver Case]]'' was in development, and so further effort was made to make the games in totally different styles, although they do share some elements.

The game's violence was censored in all releases of the game except the American one, with the copious blood being replaced by black smoke and similar effects.

===Legacy===
''No More Heroes'' sold particularly well for a Grasshopper Manufacture game at the time, mostly in the west. It was not as popular in Japan, where Suda and producer Kimura infamously stood in person at a display promoting the game by handing out free rolls of ''No More Heroes''-branded toilet paper (to little effect). The western popularity, though, encouraged the creation of a sequel, ''[[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]]'', which was targeted to western audiences and released in the US before it released in Japan. Many years later, the series would continue through further games as well. ''No More Heroes'' became by far the most well known game in the west to be written and directed by Suda.

Several of Grasshopper's other, non-Suda games carried the DNA of ''No More Heroes'', particularly the trilogy of ''[[Shadows of the DAMNED]]'', ''[[Lollipop Chainsaw]]'', and ''[[Killer is Dead (game)|Killer is Dead]]''. ''No More Heroes''' style of over-the-top action and vulgar comedy was somewhat stereotyped as the overall style of Suda and Grasshopper due to its popularity and the popularity of that trilogy. In reality, ''No More Heroes'' was a departure from Suda's usual style.

[[Category:No More Heroes]][[Category:Games]]

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Mimmy

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'''Mimmy''' is a character in ''[[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]]''. She is the tenth boss battle in the game, and the only one fought using [[Henry Cooldown]].
==Appearance and Personality==
Mimmy is a young girl with brown skin, blue eyes and light green hair that sticks out in two large locks out of a white hat with red, blue and yellow flares at its sides. Mimmy's forehead bears a yellow star symbol.
Mimmy wears a beige leotard, and wields a blue, yellow, red and silver contraption with giant gauntlets and extra lower limbs

Mimmy has a playful and childish personality. She enjoyed teasing Henry before their fight, and expressed disappointment in Henry for wanting to leave.
==History==
===''No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle''===
While Henry Cooldown is stuck in a coma after being saved by [[Travis Touchdown]] from [[Dr. Letz Shake]]. He encounters a strange being named Mimmy. She approaches Henry, reading his mind and tries to convince him to stay with her forever. When Henry tries to leave, Mimmy attacks him, even after Henry offers to let her come with him. Their battle ends when Henry impales Mimmy through the back with his [[beam katana]] which inflates Mimmy until she explodes, freeing Henry from his coma.

==Trivia==
* Mimmy is the only boss fought in ''No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle'' to have no relation to the [[United Assassins Association]].

==Gallery==

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Travis Touchdown

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{{Character
|title=Travis Touchdown
|image=[[File:TravisTSA.png|250px]]
|othernames= Mr. TD Crownless King King of the Gamers
|age=27 (''NMH'') 30 (''NMH2'') 39 (''TSA'') 41 (''NMH3'')
|nationality=American
|family= [[Sylvia Christel]] (wife) [[Henry Cooldown]] (brother) [[Jeane]] (half-sister) [[Jeane (cat)|Jeane]] (pet) [[Jeane Touchdown]] (daughter) [[Hunter Touchdown]] (son) [[Scott]] (grandson)
|occupation=Assassin
|affiliation=[[United Assassins Association]] (formerly)
|weapon= [[Beam katana]]
|status=Alive
|first=''[[No More Heroes]]''
|playedby=Robin Atkin Downes Kazuya Nakai (select JP releases)
}}
'''Travis Touchdown''' is the protagonist of the ''[[No More Heroes (series)|No More Heroes series]]''. He is a consumer of various nerd and otaku subcultures as well as an amateur assassin.

==Appearance and Personality==
Travis Touchdown is an American man of average height and build. He has black hair, which he spikes up, and blue eyes. He typically wears sunglasses, a red leather jacket, a graphic t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. In ''Travis Strikes Again'', Travis switches to a purple jacket. Travis clips his beam katanas to his belt when not in use.

Travis Touchdown is a crude, unapologetic otaku with a bloodthirsty streak. Though he initially becomes an assassin for quick cash, he very soon becomes accustomed to killing, even glorifying in it. He is initially selfish and short-sighted; he cares very little for the consequences of his career as an assassin, focusing only on revenge, the satisfaction he gets through violence, and the chance to be number one. Travis also has the tendency to be gullible and easily influenced by sex or his own impulses. Past the facade, however, Travis is a person who feels trapped by his own circumstances. True to the common theme of Kill the Past, Travis is always at odds with his past: throughout his appearances, he is made to choose between accepting the role the past has in his life, or continuing to either run from it or remain passively within the cycle of violence he has created for himself.

Additionally, Travis is not completely without remorse. Over time, he grows to resent the United Assassins Association for treating death as a tool, to the point that he seeks to collapse the entire system and leave his life as an assassin behind. Furthermore, he has his own code of honor. Travis views all fights as a test of strength between two fighters, respecting his opponents and showing a distaste for needless killing. He often shows hesitance to kill younger opponents, and previously showed reluctance to kill women, going back and forth on whether he feels comfortable doing so over time.

In spite of these faults, Travis is shown to be both a loyal friend and a man of his word. He is persistent and pursues all goals he sets for himself without fail, from becoming #1 in the UAA to collecting all the Death Balls in ''Travis Strikes Again''. Finally, though he has few close allies, he cares for them genuinely and will stop at nothing to fight on their behalf.

==History==
===Backstory===
Travis Touchdown's past is intentionally left vague and even contradictory over the course of the ''No More Heroes'' series. It is revealed that he has two long-lost siblings: twin [[Henry Cooldown]] (apparently raised in Ireland) and half-sister [[Jeane]] (the product of an affair between Travis' father and her mother). As a child, Travis, Henry, and Jeane ran away from their serial killer father and fled through the snow for days, building an igloo to escape the cold. They eventually reached a road, when they were surrounded by cars and heard the sound of "locks". They were taken by adults and tied up, with Henry being brainwashed and separated to another family. Travis seems to have also had his memory wiped, and does not remember his relation to Henry or Jeane. Jeane was secretly raised in a "rotten apartment" where their father regularly molested her. Travis had no knowledge of this, viewing his father (according to Jeane) as a "hard-working family man" and eventually meeting and falling in love with Jeane. One summer night, she violently kills his parents out of revenge, leaving Travis to find a bloody Jeane standing over their mangled bodies. Travis suppresses this traumatic memory, seeming only to recall it while drunk.

As he grew up, he apparently traveled to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to train with the wrestler [[M.S.]]. At another point, he lived in [[Kanto|Tokyo]] where he regularly bought records at a particular record shop. One day, he found the owner had closed the shop and men in black were packing up the records, much to his disappointment.

===''No More Heroes''===
At some point, Travis moves into [[Motel NO MORE HEROES]] in [[Santa Destroy]], adopts his cat [[Jeane (cat)|Jeane]], then wins the [[beam katana]] [[Blood Berry]] on an online auction. He meets [[Sylvia Christel]] at the Death Match Bar one night; she overhears his drunken rambling and offers to help him get even with Jeane. Travis agrees, assassinates 11th ranked hitman [[Helter-Skelter]], and joins the [[United Assassins Association]]. After killing Rank 10, [[Death Metal]], Travis realizes that he has become a target for assassins beneath him in rank and has become trapped in the world of assassins. He only agrees to continue ascending the ranks when Sylvia teases the promise of sex once he reaches Rank 1. Strangely, before Sylvia convinces him, he mentions her "promise", indicating that he is still subconsciously aware of his quest for revenge against the murderer of his parents.

Travis proceeds to move up through the ranks of the UAA. Notably, he spares Rank 8, [[Shinobu Jacobs]]. During their fight, Shinobu accuses him of killing her father [[Tim Jacobs]], which he denies, having been a loyal student of Jacobs via correspondence tapes. Instead of killing Shinobu, he cuts off her right arm and vows to kill her when she has grown older and become stronger. He defeats but does not kill Rank 6, [[Holly Summers]], and she accuses him of being unable to kill a woman; she kills herself with a grenade and Travis buries her on [[Bodyslam Beach]]. Travis first encounters Henry Cooldown when Henry steals his kill of Rank 4, [[Letz Shake]]. An infuriated Travis attempts to fight him, but Sylvia breaks up their fight long enough for Henry to disappear. His trainer, [[Thunder Ryu]], is killed by Rank 3, [[Speed Buster]]. Travis is nearly defeated by Rank 2, [[Bad Girl]], only winning when he impales her with his katana while she is beating him. Eventually, Sylvia's contact with Travis becomes sporadic. Travis calls the UAA, only to reach Sylvia's [[Mrs. Christel|mother]]. She reveals that Sylvia is a professional con artist and the UAA does not exist. However, she encourages him to fight his last battle, as "a good man finishes what he started".

Travis continues and meets Rank 1, [[Dark Star]]. Dark Star claims to be Travis' father, but is promptly killed by Jeane. Jeane and Travis break the fourth wall commenting on the surprise twist; Jeane explains their past in a fast-forwarded sequence (so the game isn't delayed due to a jacked-up rating). Travis and Jeane then begin their final battle. Jeane punches Travis through the chest, but Shinobu appears, cutting off Jeane's arm and saving Travis' life. Jeane accepts defeat and Travis cuts her to pieces, wishing her rest and a "more pleasant" dream.

Later, Travis is attacked by an assassin in his motel room. In the true ending, he is rescued by Henry Cooldown, who reveals that they are twins and that he is Sylvia's husband. They duel in the motel parking lot. The fourth wall is again broken when Henry asks how Travis will tie up all the game's loose ends as the protagonist; together, they agree to find "the exit" to the game and clash swords. In a post-credits scene, a young girl named [[Jeane Touchdown|Jeane]] is seen viewing the image of Travis and Henry clashing swords before she is called away by Sylvia.

===''No More Heroes 1.5''===
It would later be revealed that Sylvia put a stop to Travis and Henry's fight. Travis withdrew from the ranks of the UAA, and came to be seen as a hero in Santa Destroy, with aspiring assassins beginning to idolize him as the city undergoes significant urban development, and assassination became entertainment for the masses.

In ''[[No More Heroes 1.5]]'', Travis is seen leaving [[Beef Head]] after speaking to his close friend [[Georgy Bishop]]. Outside, he is attacked by a group of thugs which he dispatches with his beam katana. Later, Travis attends the unveiling of a statue of himself, celebrating him as a hero who protected the city. Unbeknownst to him, Bishop sees a man in a nearby car who threatens him. Travis gets a call from one of his mentors, [[Randall Lovikov]], who had been attacked by the same men. He tells him that the men are from the mafia, and that Travis is the target. He tries to tell him who is trying to destroy the city before the line is cut and Lovikov is killed. Travis brandishes his katana as the gang members approach his motel room. He breaks out of the front door, killing many of them. Outside, he finds that the attack is led by the [[Quintet]], a group of five hitmen. Travis is surprised to see a look-alike of himself, dressed in blue and wielding an identical katana. Travis quickly decapitates him, and watches as nearby buildings and his statue are leveled by explosives. One of the hitmen tells him that Travis is the one who started this war by killing. He chases after their car, but they retreat past a large gate which Travis is unable to cut through.

===''No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle''===
On a snowy night in Santa Destroy, Travis is called to the roof of a building by [[Skelter Helter]], the brother of his first victim. They fight, and Travis decapitates him, making his head fly through the air and land back on his neck. Sylvia arrives on a helicopter, telling Travis that he is now ranked 51st in the UAA's new rankings. Travis refuses to continue, but agrees when Sylvia entices him with the prospect of sex once again. Skelter Helter's re-attached head says that his fight was only part of his plan, and warns him that he'll be burdened with another's death, before killing himself. Back in his motel room, Travis finds Bishop's severed head in a bag, which was thrown through his window. A short time later, he meets with Sylvia, swearing revenge on Bishop's killers. She reveals that the one behind Bishop's death is [[Jasper Batt Jr.]], the owner of [[Pizza Bat]], the one behind the city's recent urban development, and the number one assassin. She directs him to his next fight with the 50th ranked assassin, [[Nathan Copeland]].

Travis continues fighting assassins to climb the ranks. Notably he fights a rabid fangirl, [[Kimmy Howell]], who he spares and asks to return after she's older. Travis meets Sylvia at the UAA office, who organizes a battle royale with multiple fighters, which can bring Travis to Rank 10. He reaches the basement of [[Destroy Stadium]], where he finds the other participants wiped out by [[Dr. Letz Shake]], who has captured Henry. After the battle, Travis is reunited with Shinobu, who returned from training overseas in Asia to assist Travis, and has already killed two of the top ten. Shinobu now views Travis as her Master, and has developed romantic feelings for him. She tries to make an advance at him, but he rejects her because of the situation making him feel creepy, causing her to leave saddened.

After defeating Rank 7, [[Ryuji]], Travis tries to spare him, but he is gunned down by Sylvia, who reminds him that the fights are not a sport and killing his opponents is necessary. Henry, who had been in a catatonic state in Travis's motel, finally wakes up, returning the favor to Travis by defeating three more assassins. Travis receives a message from Henry telling him not to let himself get killed so they can finish their fight. Travis meets Sylvia again, who reminds him of her ending his fight with Henry, and that she and Henry are now divorced. Travis tells her that assassins aren't tools, and that once he is at the top again, the ranking fights will be over. After Travis kills Rank 2, [[Alice Twilight]], he snaps at Sylvia, telling her assassins are alive, and that he's tearing down the UAA. A short time later, Sylvia appears outside of his room, and they have sex.

Travis finally confronts Jasper Batt Jr. in his penthouse office, learning that he is the relative of some of Travis's previous routine victims. Jasper reveals the severed heads of Shinobu, Henry, and Sylvia, and they begin fighting. However this is revealed to be a trick when Henry himself arrives to assist him. Jasper eventually takes on a gigantic parade balloon final form, after which Henry leaves the fight to him. Travis climbs the balloon and cuts it in half, killing Jasper. As he falls from the building he is caught by Sylvia on her motorcycle, who drops him off outside the motel and disappears.

Years later, Travis locates Sylvia working at the [[Heaven's Smile]] brothel, and begins anonymously visiting her through one of the brothel's peep show rooms. These meetings are shown throughout the game, as she recounts the story's events to him. On his final visit, Travis reveals himself to Sylvia, and she agrees to return to Santa Destroy with him.

===''Kurayami Dance''===
A man appearing similar to Travis briefly cameos in Chapter 3: Let Me Kiss You, seen in the crowd arriving in Kingdom Kurogane.

He appears again in Chapter 13: Revenger. While looking for [[Kaido Wataru]], [[Nekoda and Baba]] search for an assassin he'd been introduced to in "The Promised Land". This turns out to be Travis' trailer, as seen in ''Travis Strikes Again''. The two find Travis with his back turned and playing video games, mirroring the events of the first ''Travis Strikes Again'' trailer. Nekoda and Baba decide against fighting Travis. He remarks that Wataru has already become "a demon of revenge".

===''The 25th Ward: The Silver Case''===
In the [[07 black out|#07 black out]] ending, "Kill Aoyama and Akama simultaneously", [[Uehara]] is sent to meet "Mr. TD". The events detailed in this ending closely mirror the plot of [[Travis Strikes Back]], where Travis and Uehara gather the Death Balls.

===''Travis Strikes Again''===
Years after ''No More Heroes 2'', Travis and Sylvia got married and had twin children, [[Jeane Touchdown]] and [[Hunter Touchdown]]. To avoid attempts on his family's life, Travis had them go on the run while he secluded himself in the Texas wilderness, where he spends his time playing video games. Eventually Travis was located by [[Badman]], the father of one of his previous opponents, Bad Girl. Badman came to Travis's trailer in the woods, and attempted to take revenge. During their fight, Travis's [[Death Drive Mark II]] video game console reacted to the presence of Badman's [[Death Ball]], sucking them both into the video game stored on it. Inside, they learn from an AI, [[Death & Drive]], that the console and games were created by [[Dr. Juvenile]]. According to an urban legend, completing all six Death Balls will grant the player one wish. Travis and Badman agree to locate all six and resurrect Bad Girl.

Travis's journey to collect the Death Balls is shown through visual novel chapters in ''[[Travis Strikes Back]]''. There he meets [[Uehara|Kamui Uehara]], who uses his powers of observation to guide him to each Death Ball. Travis travels across the world with his cat Jeane (who is now able to talk) and meets a series of characters, including some from other [[Grasshopper Manufacture]] games, many of whom have some connection to Dr. Juvenile, learning bits of her past. Eventually Travis meets [[Damon Riccitiello]], CEO of the Utopinia corporation, and demands him to hand over the Death Ball for ''[[Serious Moonlight]]''. Damon had previously worked with Juvenile on the game; he explains that he repeatedly clashed with Juvenile during development, ending with an incident where he beat her to the point of unconsciousness. In retaliation Travis beats Damon and takes the Death Ball, making him swear revenge. Later Travis is contacted by Kamui, who shows him a video of people being held hostage, and asks him to fight. Travis fights a series of assassins and then Kamui, but refuses to kill him. Travis and Kamui visit the legendary Death Ball technician [[Frank]], and obtain the final Death Ball. With Kamui's job complete, he and Travis part ways.

As Travis clears each game he learns more about Juvenile's life through a series of faxes sent to him by her lover [[Klark]], telling him that completing all six Death Balls will awaken the [[Death Drive Triple-A]] underneath CIA headquarters, allowing the government to create an army of clone soldiers using the DNA of Death Drive players. Klark initially warns Travis against completing the stages, but eventually asks him to defeat Juvenile, who has infiltrated the facility with plans to destroy the United States. In each Death Ball stage, Travis reflects on the story of the characters which often mirror his own life; such as fighting his childhood hero [[Electro Triple Star]], or seeing himself in the serial killer [[Mr. Doppelganger]]. Travis and Badman clear every Death Ball, but one of the games — ''[[Killer Marathon]]'' — turns out to be incomplete, causing Bad Girl to resurrect in the form of a dog. Using the final prototype Death Ball he received from Kamui, Travis is then transported to the CIA facility. There he finds Dr. Juvenile, who has taken the form of [[White Sheepman]]. After defeating her, he connects himself to the DDAAA and is is transported through a cloned body to Mars to meet [[John Winter]], Juvenile's father and the creator of the original Death Drive. Winter offers Travis a chance to live on Mars, but Travis refuses, realizing he can't abandon his past. Winter decapitates Travis to send him back to Earth.

Back on Earth, Travis is reunited with Shinobu, who asks him to come out of hiding. In the final ''Travis Strikes Back'' chapter, [[7: On the Eve of War|#7: On the Eve of War]], Travis is confronted by Henry, who has become the leader of a cult known as the [[Order of the Emerald Knight]] and wishes to stop Travis. He and Shinobu lead Henry's goons to her dojo in Skid Row, where Travis's presence attracts two alien invaders, [[Mr. Blackhole]] and [[Mr. Wormhole]], a wrestler/superhero named [[Notorious]], and finally Death & Drive, who have combined into a new entity named [[DeaDri]] intent on killing Travis. DeaDri becomes giant and threatens the city, but gives up after Travis defeats him in ''[[Fire Pro Wrestling]]'', agreeing to go back into the console. DeaDri gives Travis a hint to the location of the final Death Ball, which leads him back to his estranged family. Travis speaks with Jeane, who has become a V-Tuber, and is reunited with Sylvia, who tells Travis that she wants them to come out of hiding, despite the danger. She directs him to fight [[Death Metal Jr.]], and he obtains the completed ''Killer Marathon'' Death Ball. After clearing the final game and defeating its boss [[Silver Face]], Bad Girl is properly resurrected.

===''No More Heroes III''===
By 2021, Travis returned to Motel NO MORE HEROES, living there alongside Shinobu and Bad Girl. The motel now housed an underground lab home to the consciousness of Dr. Juvenile, and her older sister [[Dr. Naomi]], now taking the form of a tree. Travis witnesses the alien invasion of Earth, led by Jess Baptiste VI, aka [[FU]], a space prince and old friend of Damon. Travis boards one of the floating UFOs, and kills the alien Mr. Blackhole. Sylvia arrives and informs Travis that he has become Rank 10 in the Galactic Superhero Ranking, and once again promises sex if he reaches the top. Travis attempts to ask her about the kids, but she ignores him and sky-dives off the ship.

Back at the motel, FU attacks as revenge, incapacitating Travis, severely injuring Shinobu, and killing Badman. Travis wakes up in the lab, and is told by Juvenile that Shinobu will recover, but is still comatose and without both of her arms. Travis also finds a distraught Bad Girl, unresponsive after the death of her father. Travis calls Sylvia and agrees to ascend the ranks to defeat FU. Travis meets Sylvia after each battle and tries to ask her about the kids each time, but is always cut off by her departure. Rank 8, [[Black Night Direction]], is killed by a mysterious time traveler named [[Silent Dancer]], who refers to Travis as his grandfather. Travis is invited to a concert to fight Rank 7, [[Vanishing Point]], who is killed by Travis's former fan Kimmy Howell, now the popstar Kimmy Love. Travis kills her in the battle, and expresses regret to Sylvia, who reminds him of his killing past and that the strong survive. Later Travis meets Rank 5, the mysterious [[Midori Midorikawa]]. At the end of their battle he is prevented from killing her by the return of Kamui, who is revealed to be her boyfriend. During the fight with Rank 4, [[Sniping Lee]], Travis expects Henry to arrive and steal the kill, but Lee is instead killed by Notorious, who introduces himself to Travis. Travis thanks him but points out that defeating the invaders is his job, but asks Notorious to take over for him if he is killed. Immediately after this, [[Destroyman]] returns as a series of mass-produced robotic bodies, and is defeated by Travis. After defeating Rank 3, [[Sonic Juice]], Travis spares him, but he is instead killed by FU. They nearly fight, but are stopped by Sylvia who reminds FU that it will break the rules.

Back at the motel, Travis is confronted by Henry, who has undergone a drastic change in appearance and personality. Henry reminds him of their childhood and attempted escape from their father, and the two duel. Travis cuts Henry in half, and then slices his still-living torso into pieces. Henry is shown to be still alive in another body nearby. Later, Henry and his knights confront Travis in the bathroom, killing and decapitating him. Travis awakens inside the world of one of his childhood games, [[Deathman]]. He shares a drink with Deathman, who sends him back to the real world. Travis returns to life and wakes up in a coffin, and is saved by his filmmaking idol [[Takashi Miike]], who he asks to make a ''No More Heroes'' movie. Travis prepares for the final battle with FU, joined by his allies throughout the game, including a recovered Shinobu and Bad Girl. He arrives at the top of [[Damon Tower]] and fights FU, who is defeated with the help of his friends and reverted to a child form. FU makes an escape in a space ship, but is killed by Damon, who revealed it was his plan all along. Travis remembers Damon as the one who pushed Juvenile out, and the two engage in a battle using giant mechs. Eventually separated from the mechs, Travis and Damon arrive at the edge of space, and have a final battle where Damon is killed.

Later, Travis and the others attend Badman's funeral, which is interrupted by the arrival of FU's father, King [[Jess Baptiste V]]. He claims to be making peace, but after Travis dismisses him, he declares war on Earth. The King is quickly dispatched by Jeane and Hunter, who arrive from the future. They reveal that Silent Dancer is Travis's grandson Scott, and that in the future Travis was killed by Henry, who teamed up with aliens to take over the world. As Travis reacts in disbelief, Sylvia tells him his next opponent awaits, and announces the upcoming "family war".

===''The Outer Rim''===
A far future version of Travis appears in audio skits before "N.M.H. The Outer Rim Remix" and "IYOGIN" on ''The Outer Rim'' album, depicted alongside Sylvia Christel in an astronaut suit. 120 years after their marriage and 76 years after taking a shuttle into outer space, Travis and Sylvia have apparently both achieved immortality. Travis presents Sylvia with a music box found on a crater as a birthday gift, and N.M.H. begins. The song closes with Sylvia naming the miniature band inside the music box "The Outer Rim". In the skit before "IYOGIN", Travis and Sylvia discuss a dream Travis had in his sleep the previous night regarding his time in Tokyo. Sylvia replied that the men in black who closed the record shop were part of the UAA, although this claim makes little sense.

==Official profiles==
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|Travis Touchdown Born and raised in Santa Destroy. 27 years old. A Japanese anime otaku, he's also a fan of pro-wrestling and fighting moves. Uses his own brand of sword and physical skills to work as an assassin. (''No More Heroes'': Trading Card No. 130 profile)
|}
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|Travis Touchdown The guy who battled his way up through the rankings of the United Assassins Association to #1. A dyed-in-the-wool otaku. Extremely well-versed in pro wrestling, movies, and Japanese anime. (''Travis Strikes Again'' site profile)
|}
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|Travis Touchdown Our hero. The legendary assassin who once boasted the title of #1 Assassin in the US. After ten years of wandering the land, he has returned to his hometown of Santa Destroy. (''No More Heroes III'' site profile)
|}
==Trivia==
* Travis is inspired by Jackass' Johnny Knoxville and UFC fighter Josh Barnett.
* Many parallels exist between Travis and the protagonist of Suda51's favorite film, ''Paris, Texas'', who is also named Travis: Travis Touchdown's son is also named Hunter, and the film's peepshow booth scene is referenced in ''No More Heroes 2''.
* Travis' favorite porn is bukkake. Suda51 had previously stated that Travis lost his virginity to Sylvia Christel; however, he later contradicted this, saying that Travis lost his virginity to a friend's mom after getting fucked up at a party.
** This is, bizarrely, supported by a photograph Travis owns in ''No More Heroes 2'' and ''III'' of a woman under which is written "Billy's Mom". Any further information on Billy or his mother is currently unknown.
* Travis keeps a photograph of Jeane beside his answering machine through ''No More Heroes''. In ''No More Heroes 2'', the photo remains, but Jeane's face is scribbled out with pen.
* A picture of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe], an image of the Virgin Mary typically associated with Mexican Catholicism, can be seen on Travis' bedside table (behind a stack of porn magazines).
* Travis is said to have trained in the Hart Dungeon, which was a real pro-wrestling school located in Calgary, Alberta.

==Appearances==
* ''[[No More Heroes]]''
* ''[[The Outer Rim]]''
* ''[[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]]''
* [[No More Heroes 1.5]]
* [[Erotica Comic]]
* ''[[Kurayami Dance]]'' (unnamed)
* ''[[The 25th Ward: The Silver Case]]'' (remake, black out only)
* ''[[LET IT DIE]]'' (decal, mentioned through imposters)
* ''[[Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes]]''
* ''Super Smash Bros Ultimate'' (Mii costume/spirit only)
* ''[[No More Heroes III]]''

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TravisNMH.jpg|Travis in ''[[No More Heroes]]''
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|occupation=Space-Time Special Agent
|affiliation=[[Space-Time Police]]
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|status=Alive
|first=''[[Romeo is a Dead Man]]''
|playedby=Clé Bennett
}}'''BlueMountain''' is a character in ''[[Romeo is a Dead Man]]''. He is an FBI Space-Time Special Agent serving on board the [[Last Night]].

==Appearance and Personality==

==Biography==
===Background===

===''Romeo is a Dead Man''===
BlueMountain serves as an agent on board the Last Night when [[Romeo Stargazer]] joins the group. He attends the group meetings in the briefing room, and supplies Romeo with intel on his targets. Following the events of [[Chapter 8: Transience]], BlueMountain resigned from the Space-Time Police and began to serve as Romeo's right-hand man. At the age of 85, he entrusted [[SilverSox]] with looking after Romeo, and retired to Jamaica.

==Trivia==
*BlueMountain shared his codename with the boss rush mode of ''[[BLOOD+ One Night Kiss ]]''
*BlueMountain bears similarities to the character [[Aoyama]], both are time-traveling agents, and are associated with the color blue. Additionally, "Aoyama" means "Blue Mountain" in Japanese.

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Romeo is a Dead Man

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{{Game
|title=Romeo is a Dead Man
|image=[[File:riadm.jpg|300px]]
|developer=[[Grasshopper Manufacture]]
|publisher
|director=[[Ren Yamazaki]]
|writer=[[Goichi Suda]] Ren Yamazaki
|producer=
|artist=Tadayuki Nomaru Kunihiko Taniwaki Douha Suzuki Jingyuan Li Izumi Watanabe Takashi Miyamoto
|composer=[[Nobuaki Kaneko]] [[Luby Sparks]] [[Cody Carpenter]]
|engine=Unreal Engine 5
|platform=PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S PC
|released=February 10, 2026
|genre=Action
|ratings=
}}{{Italic title}}'''''Romeo is a Dead Man''''' (ロミオ・イズ・ア・デッドマン) is a 2026 action-adventure game developed by [[Grasshopper Manufacture]]. It released for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows. It is directed by [[Ren Yamazaki]], and written by him and [[Goichi Suda]]. The game follows [[Romeo Stargazer]], a man saved from death by a time paradox, which breaks the fabric of space-time. Romeo then becomes the FBI Space-Time special agent "Dead Man".

==Gameplay==
''Romeo is a Dead Man'' is a hack and slash and third-person shooter game. The player controls Romeo, who swaps between various guns and swords to fight hordes of enemies, taking place across the real world and subspace. By fighting Romeo accumulates blood from his enemies, which can then be unleashed with Bloody Summer, an instant-kill special attack. The game also features side activities and retro-style minigames.

==Plot==
===Chapters===
*[[Chapter 0: Nightmare]]
*[[Chapter 1: Embers]]
*[[Chapter 2: Hubris]]
*[[Chapter 3: Plight]]
*[[Chapter 4: Reinvention]]
*[[Chapter 5: Atonement]]
*[[Chapter 6: Conflict]]
*[[Chapter 7: Existence]]
*[[Chapter 8: Transience]]

===Summary===
[[Romeo Stargazer]] is fatally wounded by a monster, and is saved from death by the [[Dead Gear Life Support System]], a device created by his scientist grandfather [[Benjamin Stargazer]]. The device keeps Romeo on the edge of life and death by causing a time paradox, which shatters the space-time continuum. Romeo becomes the FBI Space-Time special agent Dead Man, and hunts space-time's most wanted fugitives to repair the damage. Romeo's quest intertwines with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend [[Juliet Dendrobium]].

==Cast==
*[[Romeo Stargazer]] – Antony Del Rio
*[[Juliet Dendrobium]] – Brittany Cox
*[[Benjamin Stargazer]] – Larry Cedar
*[[Luna Stargazer]] – Dayci Brookshire
*[[Kimberley Goldfish]] - Andrew Morgado
*[[SilverSox]] - Ian Anthony Dale
*[[BlueMountain]] - Clé Bennett
*[[RedBrown]] - Miatta Ade Lebile
*[[WorstPink]] - Natsuki Inoue
*[[Shiroyabu]] - Andrew Russell
*[[TheBlack]] - Clé Bennett
*[[GreenRiver]] - Kelly Ohanian
*[[J.E.H.]] - Judd Nelson
*[[Christian Phantasm]] - Andrew Russell
*[[Dr. Herbert Hill]] - Jeremy Rowley
*[[Magrus Magritte]] - Ian Cardoni
*[[The Last of the Famous Intergalactic Naked]] - Janell Cox
*[[Marianne Stargazer]] - Janell Cox
*[[Jim Gillespie]] - Dave B. Mitchell
*[[Walter Hill]] - Shelby Young
*[[Wendell Hill]] - Dayci Brookshire
*[[Jennifer "Jenny" Stoner]] - Shelby Young
*[[Master Gida]] - Makoto Yamashita
*[[Commander Yuji Hondo]] - Ian Anthony Dale
*Narrator - James Mountain

==Development==
Grasshopper Manufacture was acquired by NetEase Games in May 2021, during ongoing development of ''[[No More Heroes III]]''. Goichi Suda presented three projects to NetEase, and they replied that he could choose whichever project he wanted. As a result, development of ''Romeo is a Dead Man'' officially began in January 2022 under the working title ''Project Deadburgh''. It was decided that the game would be an entirely original IP, rather than a sequel. Suda's goal was to expand the action gameplay of ''[[Travis Strikes Again]]'' and ''No More Heroes III'' to a larger scale. The game's development included the construction of a physical diorama of the game's world which could then be incorporated into the game through 3D scanning. The game was properly revealed with a trailer in Sony's June 2025 ''State of Play'' presentation.

==Trivia==
*On Steam, the game is internally listed with the codename "Sevenger", named after a monster-fighting robot originally appearing in ''Ultraman Leo''.

==Gallery==
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==Videos==
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